Types Of handbags
There are all kinds of bags in this world from a handbag, purse or pouch, is a handled medium-to-large bag that is often fashionably designed, typically used by women, to hold personal items such as wallet , keys, cosmetics, a hairbrush, cell phones etc. Here are different types of bags.
• Baguette: a small, narrow, rectangular shape purse, resembling a French loaf of bread (baguette)
• Barrel: shaped like a barrel or closed tube, usually with shoulder-length straps.
• Bowling bag purse: a popular 1990s “retro” style for younger women, modelled after American bags used to carry bowling balls.
• Bucket bag: shaped like a bucket, medium-size or large, with shoulder straps and a drawstring closure.
• Clutch: a handbag without handles, rectangular in shape, often an evening bag but used during the day as well.
• Doctor’s bag: modelled after a Victorian era doctor’s bag for making house calls.
• Drawstring: a purse that closes with a drawstring at the top, may have wrist- or shoulder-length straps, popular as an evening bag style.
• Half-moon: shaped as a half-moon
• Hobo: medium-size crescent-shaped bag with a top zipper and often a slouch or dip in the centre; a modern, casual silhouette
• Lighted: a handbag with a lighting system which has been attempted since the 1950s without success until recently when in 2011 the first successful lighted handbag was brought to market.
• Messenger bag: one long strap worn across the body, inspired by bags worn by urban messengers to deliver business mail, a modern silhouette.
• Minaudière: a small rectangular evening bag, usually hard-bodied, sometimes held inside a soft fabric bag that serves as a sleeve.
• Muff: a winter bag made of real or faux fur, wool or velvet that has zippered compartments and a slip opening for hands.
• Pocketbook: small purse, rectangular shape.
• Pouch: small bag such as a pocket, teabag, money bag, sporran, etc.
• Saddle purse: shaped like a horse saddle, may have equestrian motifs and hardware to emphasize the design.
• Satchel: a soft-sided case usually of leather.
• Tote: medium to large bag with two straps and an open top.
• Trapezoid: shaped as a trapezoid, usually made of stiff material.
